I'm not entirely sure why but this news kinda makes me nervous that the anniversary set will be a complete wash.
You know what they say, one man's wash is another man's laundry.
... well, not
that exactly, but you get the point. Whatever makes something better for or more appealing to one party is a letdown for someone else. But you are right, it might not be what you were expecting or hoping for. Regardless, somebody is going to like how this set turns out
even if that somebody only means scalpers.
I'm more flexible with what it is. I would LIKE it to feature vintage reprints, but since I'm still working on my XY Evolutions Master Set (the first master set I've ever tried completing), I'm fine with not having another 100+ card set of vintage cards.
I
will point out that, given that all the products listed above have a larger number of packs than the Detective Pikachu products, the set will probably feature at least twice as many cards. 30 cards sounds like a reasonable estimate, but it will definitely be larger than the 18 card Detective Pikachu set.